12 Mar 2007
A new concept in postgraduate-level training for the nuclear sector has been developed by a strong consortium of UK universities and HE institutions. The breadth and format of the training is designed to meet the UK's projected nuclear skills requirements in decommissioning and clean-up, reactor technology, fusion and nuclear medicine. The structure and content of the programme was established following extensive consultations with the UK nuclear sector, including industry, regulators, MoD, NDA, Government Departments and the Cogent Sector Skills Council.
The Nuclear
Technology Education Consortium comprises the Universities of Birmingham,
Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, City University London,
HMS Sultan, Imperial College London, UHI Millennium Institute & Westlakes
Research Institute. Together these
institutions represent more than 90% of the nuclear postgraduate teaching
expertise residing in the UK's universities and research institutes. NTEC thus provides a one-stop shop for a range
of postgraduate training in Nuclear Science & Technology which is
unparalleled in the UK.
The programme
allows a range of qualifications to be attained, from an MSc in Nuclear Science
& Technology to individual subject module certificates.
KEY FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME
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designed specifically for the nuclear sector
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extremely broad portfolio of
subjects
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structured to suit students in
full-time employment
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delivered in short course modular format
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full-time or part-time options,
leading to an MSc
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any module may be taken as an
individual short course for CPD
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distance learning commences in September 2007
The core of each module is
one week of direct teaching on campus, thus minimising the time away from the
workplace for an employee whilst maximising its effectiveness.
The programme,
which is coordinated by the Dalton Nuclear Institute at The University of
Manchester, has been approved by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The modules offered are:
- Criticality Safety Management
- Decommissioning Technology &
Robotics
- Decommissioning / Waste /
Environmental Management
- Design of Safety-critical Systems
- Environmental Decision
Making Applied to the Nuclear Industry
- Environmental Impact
Assessment
- Experimental
Reactor Physics
- Geotechnical
Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal
- Management of the
Decommissioning Process
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- Particle and Colloid
Engineering in the Nuclear Industry
- Policy, Regulation &
Licensing
- Processing, Storage &
Disposal of Nuclear Wastes
- Radiation &
Radiological Protection
- Reactor Materials &
Lifetime Behaviour
- Reactor Physics,
Criticality and Design
- Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
- Risk
Management
- Public & Political Aspects of
Nuclear Decommissioning
- Safety Case Development
- Water Reactor Performance &
Safety
Future developments will
include modules covering Nuclear Fusion and Nuclear Medical Technologies.
For
further details, visit the NTEC website at www.ntec.ac.uk
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